Occupational health and safety risks faced by police officers / [by] Claire Mayhew.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2001.

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Industrial safety -- Australia.

Police -- Australia.

Based on a comprehensive international literature review of police occupational health and safety, this paper identifies the range of risks faced by police at work. These risks include: assault, death and homicide; communicable disease; stress and fatigue; and other work related injuries and illnesses, including substance abuse and injuries from investigation of clandestine drug laboratories. - Publisher's website.

"February 2001".

Includes bibliographic references.

0642242178

6 p. ; 30 cm